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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-house-talks-house-divisions-israel-issues-facing-voters-60-minutes/

Democrat leadership admits there is one unified party when it comes to the interests of the American government.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats "effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority"

Though they disagree on most issues, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has opposed efforts to oust embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Except they don't and the few they do they roll over.

After Johnson worked with Democrats to pass a foreign aid bill that included $61 billion for Ukraine, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who opposed the bill, said she'd follow through with a threat to remove Johnson by forcing a vote on her motion to vacate him. This past week, Democrats released a statement saying they would oppose Congresswoman Greene's effort to remove Johnson, though Jeffries said Johnson has not asked for his help.

Oh lookie lookie, Democrats are rallying around the Republicans to keep them in power.

"Our view would traditionally be, 'Let the other side work its own mess out,'" Jeffries said. "But when that mess starts to impact the ability to do the job on behalf of the American people, then the responsible thing at that moment might be for us to make clear that we will not allow the extremists to throw the Congress and the country into chaos."

Lol they don't act on behalf of the American people, they act on behalf of the capitalists who line their pockets

Division in the House

The United States Congress is not particularly popular these days and it's easy to understand why. The current session will likely be the least productive Congress since the Civil War, in terms of laws passed, according to historical data analysis by J. Tobin Grant, a professor of political science at Southern Illinois University.

says it's unpopular and easy to explain why that is. Doesn't explain why at all.

Hint: because it's wildly anti-democratic and constantly acts against the will of the American people.

Republicans hold the majority in the House, but with only two votes to spare, infighting has crippled their conference. Even some Republican representatives are at their wits' end, including Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), who recently told reporters "The Lord Jesus himself couldn't manage this conference."

The lord Jesus would probably get his beating stick out and drive all you demons into the Atlantic

To hear Jeffries tell it, the Democrats are already in charge.

What I'm hearing is that Democrats murdered Roe and are aiding and abetting the targeted persecution of the LGBT+ and the Trans community.

"Even though we're in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority because we continue to provide a majority of the votes necessary to get things done," he said. "Those are just the facts."

That just means the Democrats are rubber stamping all the Republican terror projects.

Indeed, in the 118th Congress, House Democrats provided a majority of the votes on bipartisan bills to avert a government shutdown, send aid to Ukraine, and pass the National Defense Authorization Act, which went on to be signed into law by the president.

Keep the war grift machine going, keep Ukrainian fascism on life support, reauthorize the budget for the U.S DOD, and also fund more Israeli fascist bombing campaigns.

Jeffries, who represents New York's 8th Congressional District, in Brooklyn, views being a member of Congress as being an emissary of the American people to get things done and solve problems. But he said some Republicans have a different take on the job.

Emissary of the people of wall street more like

"It's a difficult situation on the other side of the aisle, because many of my Republican colleagues are more interested in creating chaos, dysfunction and extremism," Jeffries said.

Good.

Jeffries' stance on Israel — and how it might impact the election

The foreign aid bill passed under Johnson's leadership also includes $26.4 billion to support Israel in its ongoing war with Hamas. Amid protests on college campuses across the country over Israel and Gaza, some far left members of the Democratic caucus have shown support for demonstrators.

Remember that the Democrats are actually in charge of the house

In all, 37 House Democrats recently voted against sending more military aid to Israel. The divisive issue will follow Jeffries and President Biden into the election this November, where control of the White House and Congress looks like a coin flip.

Only 37 demons felt a little remorse after they realized some of the blood of thousands of dead innocent Palestinians that had been murdered was on their hands as well.

"We can't take any vote for granted," Jeffries said. "But I also believe that, at the end of the day, voters are going to look at the totality of circumstances. Who is fighting to deliver for everyday Americans, and who is simply fighting for himself?"

Tie me to a missile and launch me at this dudes house

Jeffries, whose district is 11% Jewish, said he supports the First Amendment rights of protesters on campuses, but condemned any form of violence or antisemitism.

He said after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack which sparked the war, Israel had to respond and "decisively defeat Hamas."

"At the same time, my view has been that we have to do everything possible to get the hostages out, and to surge humanitarian assistance into Gaza," Jeffries said.

Jeffries acknowledged that Israel needed to do more to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and that more surgical precision was needed in its military strikes, but he seemed reluctant to criticize Israel.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has spoken out on the issue. In a nearly 45 minute speech on the Senate floor in March, he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle to peace and urged the Israeli government to hold new elections once the threat of Hamas is reduced.

Dumbfuck chuck says something partially true, holy shit

"Anything that Chuck Schumer has to say on the subject is going to be incredibly important and received. But at the same time, every single member of Congress has the responsibility of answering to their constituency," Jeffries said.

Especially their hasbara constituency

He added that any suggestions by Republicans that Schumer, a staunch supporter of Israel, was somehow undermining the U.S.-Israel relationship are ridiculous.

Lmao

Issues facing voters at the polls: Immigration, abortion, guns and the economy

I don't see any "continue support for Ukrainian or Israeli fascism" so maybe listen to the people on this one, seen if it's over the same dumb buzzword bullshit we've seen our entire lives.

Closer to home, voters are concerned about the influx of migrants; Jeffries' home city of New York is a hot spot for immigration issues. Shelters to house thousands of migrants have gone up in and around Jeffries' district in Brooklyn.

It's not actually that bad. Trust me I actually was there.

"We have a broken immigration system and we have clear challenges at the border that we have to confront decisively and in a bipartisan way," Jeffries said. "And the American people are crying out for us to do something about the situation at the border in a manner consistent with our values."

everyone knows Mexico is at the border of Manhattan and is quickly accessible via rail.

Sorry that's New Jersey. My bad.

Jeffries also views abortion rights as a major issue in the upcoming election.

isn't he a fucking republican? Holy shit I forgot he was a lib he sounds fucking indistinguishable from the republican hogs

"Extreme MAGA Republicans have set in motion the erosion of reproductive freedom. We're going to fight for it with everything that we've got at our disposal," he said. "If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall. Social Security can fall. Medicare can fall. Voting rights can fall. And God help us all, but democracy itself can fall."

God forbid Democrats actually lift a finger to do something to actually combat it instead of being a republican rubber stamp